Investigation of Crystalline Iron-Platinum Nickel and Amorphous Rare Earth-Iron Alloys for Permanent Magnets

Book excerpt: Samarium-cobalt magnets have large-energy products but their cost is relatively high because of the use of expensive Sm and Co. A recent trend has been observed in industry to encourage conservation of cobalt and to find possible substitutes for this strategic material. The purpose of this program was to develop a permanent magnet without the use of cobalt which could be substituted for the AlNiCo commercial magnets. A number of magnetic materials were identified with properties that could be exploited in permanent magnet development. Contents: Experimental Techniques; Praseodymium-Iron-Gallium Alloys; Ternary Rare-Earth System; Praseodymium(Misch-Metal)-Terbium-Iron-Cobalt-Glass Former; Praseodymium-Iron(cobalt)-Glass Former; Iron-Platinum Based Alloys; Appendix: 'Characterization Studies of Rare Earth-Iron Magnetic Materials.